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In the Pink

By Pen Dalton 2022
A painting about surface: hard and shiny concealing layers beneath. Based on an 'Essex girl aesthetic': all made up for show, concealing and restraining emotional labour. Acrylic paint and mediums, hand printed Tengujo paper on mounted plywood.
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Janey, '10 [detail]

Yellow Wallpaper, 1971

Gestation '80s

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